King's Landing in France

Chapter 22 The Rose of Versailles

The next dish appeared to be a white broth covered with a layer of celery.

Fanny whispered the name of the dish: "Cream Bullfrog."

An Ning let out an "oh", then scooped up a spoonful and put it into her mouth.

The first feeling is a bit strange, like ice cream at room temperature.

The bullfrog meat was so badly stewed that it melted in your mouth.

And this dish did not eat the bones of the bullfrog at all, it should be that the bones were removed in advance.

As for that layer of what looked like celery, it was actually a lettuce-like vegetable.In short, the taste of this whole dish is even more strange.

While eating, An Ning suppressed her strong desire to complain.

Fortunately, the portion of this dish is not much, so it can be eaten in one go.

Just when the meal was finished, the servants came up and removed the empty dishes.

When Fanny brought out the next dish, she whispered the name of the dish into An Ning's ear as usual: "Provence stew."

An Ning looked at a series of stewed dishes made of mushrooms, eggplants, cucumbers and other vegetables on the plate in front of him, and didn't know how to evaluate it for a while.

Isn't this just plain stewing?

French delicacies?
However, An Ning has been eating bread since timetraveling, and basically doesn't take in much vegetables. It's not a bad thing to supplement vegetable vitamins at this time.

So An Ning began to stuff vegetables into her mouth.

At this time, the duke's cheating son Chartres, who was sitting opposite, was not happy: "I don't like Provence stew! I don't want eggplant!"

Duchess: "If you don't want to eat, just watch and wait for the next dish."

Chartres: "I want to eat bullfrogs! I want to eat snails!"

The Duchess stopped to put the eggplant in her mouth, and snapped: "Enough! Snails are only eaten by commoners."

An Ning raised her eyebrows and glanced at the Duchess.

Did the French nobles not eat snails?Could it be that civilians can't eat meat, so they catch snails as meal replacements?
Is it a unique feature of France in this time and space, or has it been like this in history?
An Ning was puzzled while eating mixed vegetables.

He found that Provence stew was actually quite good.

After eating the stew, An Ning felt that she was half full. It seems that the French food of this era is not the same thing as the Western food of later generations.

The servants came up again to collect the dishes.

Then the next dish was served.It was still Fanny who served An Ning, and she introduced in a low voice: "This is the main course, steak with red wine sauce."

The aroma of the steak entered An Ning's nostrils, but unfortunately he was already half full, so his appetite was not particularly good.

Everyone at the dining table started to move their knives and forks, so An Ning had no choice but to follow suit.

He cut a small piece of steak, only to find that the inside of the steak was still pink, and the steak was probably only half-done.

An Ning had never eaten such a raw steak in her life.

But now that the Duke's family is drinking blood, it's not good for him not to eat, so An Ning stuffed the steak into his mouth patiently.

There is no bloody smell as imagined. In fact, the taste of this steak is quite good, and it is a tender feeling that An Ning has never experienced.

Could it be that steak is like Cantonese white-cut chicken, and Cantonese white-cut chicken also pays attention to a fire that is just cooked, and can't be stewed too old.

An Ning continued to taste the three-rare steak while thinking about it.

After eating the steak, it’s time for dessert. Today’s dessert at the Duke’s is fruit salad. After eating the salad, an authentic French meal comes to an end.

An Ning looked out the window, and found that good guy, the sky outside was still bright before eating, but after eating, the sky outside was as dark as ink, and eating western food was time-consuming.

The Duke wiped his mouth and looked at his daughter: "Christina, do you have any activities tonight?"

Christina: "Dad, there is a ball at the Palace of Versailles tonight, do you think I should go?"

"Of course you should go, if you can show up at the royal ball, you should show up as much as possible." The Duke looked at An Ning, "Let the commoner heroes accompany you, so that there will probably be fewer people coming to you to propose marriage in the future. "

An Ning thought, good guy, this is asking me to serve as a human shield for your daughter.

An Ning: "I'm a commoner, isn't it good to attend the palace ball?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Christina shook her head and said, "How could that be? In fact, quite a few commoners attended the ball of the nobles. Last time I saw the wife of a clerk at Mrs. Necker's ball, She looks no different from a noble lady."

It seems that the urban middle class of this era is already trying to learn the lifestyle of the nobility.

I just don’t know if the clerk’s wife that Christina mentioned will be like the heroine in a novel, asking someone to borrow jewelry for the ball.

An Ning: "In this case, I'll go and have a look, but I may not have clothes suitable for the court ball..."

The Duke waved his hand: "You don't have to worry about this, just leave it to my housekeeper. My house has plenty of clothes."

Before, the Duke was picky about his clothes, but now he has become so generous all of a sudden. It can only be said that the title of hero of the common people is indeed very important.

Christina stood up: "Then I'll go get ready, Mr. Frost, see you later."

An Ning looked at Christina's dress, and said to herself that you still need to prepare, it's fine to wear this dress, it's already beautiful enough.

But the girl ignored An Ning's thoughts at all, and left the table with a smile.

The Duke looked at An Ning: "Go and change your clothes too."

The butler immediately stepped forward: "Mr. Frost, this way."

An Ning wiped her mouth, stood up, and nodded to the housekeeper.

**
The Palace of Versailles is on the outskirts of Paris, quite a distance from the city.

An Ning sat in the carriage, looked at the dark night outside the window, and muttered, "There isn't even a street light..."

Christina, who was sitting opposite, asked suspiciously: "This section of the road is in the wild, and there are no people around. It's all in the Royal Forbidden Forest. Who will light the lights for?"

An Ning: "For the rabbit?"

Christina laughed.

At this time, An Ning saw lights appearing outside the car window.

"There are lights!"

"It should be coming soon, that is the lights of the palace."

At this time, the coachman pulled the front window of the carriage and whispered, "We're going to Versailles soon."

Christina: "Got it."

An Ning opened the window, and the sound of music drifted in.

Christina: "The dance has begun."

An Ning: "Is it okay for us to be late?"

"No, it's very common for people to be late for this kind of dance. After all, the Palace of Versailles is so far away from Paris."

An Ning: "Will the royal family feel that you have neglected them?"

Christina smiled: "What are you talking about, I am the daughter of the Duke of Orleans, my father sponsors others to write about the queen's affair..."

An Ning: "Yes, your father has been neglecting the royal family."

Christina: "It is said that the Queen has already sent a thunderbolt several times for this."

"Then you still come to the queen's ball?"

"If I don't care about the queen's ball all the time, I'm really neglecting it." Christina laughed. "And no matter how angry the queen is in private, she will definitely be pleasant at the ball."

An Ning: "After all, your family is also considered a relative of the emperor."

"No, the royal family owes my father money."

An Ning: "So that's how it is!"

(End of this chapter)